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Why the FDA is making a test case of a cancer drug from China

At a quick glance, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to ask its advisers for help in vetting yet another cancer immunotherapy may seem odd. …

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cancer

Pressure rises as Gilead awaits important study results for top cancer drug

Gilead lost several billion dollars in market value Wednesday after unnerving investors with updates about a key clinical trial of its most closely watched breast …

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cancer

Pressure rises as Gilead awaits important study results for top cancer drug

Gilead lost several billion dollars in market value Wednesday after unnerving investors with updates about a key clinical trial of its most closely watched breast …

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Biotech

A biotech wins the first FDA drug approval in a rare type of eye cancer

Dive Brief: The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted approval to the first drug for a rare cancer of the eye that has spread …

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cancer

Incyte withdraws cancer drug from FDA review after discussions with regulator

Dive Brief: Incyte is pulling its application for an experimental lymphoma medicine after determining that the Food and Drug Administration’s requirements for confirmatory studies would …

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cancer

EQRx builds case for cancer drug it hopes can disrupt market

Dive Brief: EQRx, which aims to bring new medicines to market at “radically lower” prices, said the experimental lung cancer drug it co-owns with Chinese …

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Allogene

Allogene cleared by FDA to resume ‘off the shelf’ cancer cell therapy trials

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared Allogene Therapeutics to resume testing its cancer cell therapies after determining the company’s technology wasn’t to blame for …

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Breyanzi

Bristol Myers returns to Immatics for a dual-targeting cancer drug

Bristol Myers’ acquisition of Celgene immediately made the big pharma a top player in the development of cancer cell therapies. Since the deal closed, Bristol …

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cancer

An End-to-End Solution to Accelerate CAR-T Cell Development from Concept to Clinic

CAR-T cell therapies have demonstrated tremendous success in relapsed or refractory haematological malignancies. Now therapeutics companies and academics alike are racing to break through the …

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breast cancer

Understanding the Role of Regulatory T Cells in Breast Cancer Metastasis

Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women accounting for 24 percent of new cancer cases worldwide and 15 percent of cancer deaths in …

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cancer

Novartis hits another setback in plan to repurpose rare disease drug in lung cancer

Novartis’ testing of canakinumab, which works by curbing inflammatory signaling in cells, for the seemingly unrelated use in lung cancer stems from an intriguing 2011 …

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BioMarin

FDA halts tests of BioMarin drug amid heightened focus on gene therapy safety

The theoretical risk that gene therapy may cause cancer in humans has hung over the field for decades. Those worries resurfaced last year when a …

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Adaptimmune

Roche bets big on off-the-shelf cancer cell therapy with Adaptimmune deal

Adaptimmune, like companies such as Bluebird Bio and Cellectis, remains one of the more prominent independent developers of cancer cell therapies. Early pioneers Kite Therapeutics …

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Bristol Myers Squibb

GSK, in race to catch up with rivals, wins expanded approval for cancer drug

GSK has high hopes for Jemperli as it transitions to what’s being called the “new GSK,” with a greater focus on experimental drugs for infectious …

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Bayer

How Bayer lured a biotech away from an IPO and into a buyout

In what has become a common move by large pharmaceutical companies attempting to revitalize their drug research, German healthcare conglomerate Bayer has acquired a small …

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advances

Immunotherapy advances spur new look at cancer vaccines

In an era of cancer immunotherapy, vaccines are getting fresh consideration as a therapeutic approach. Frustrated for years by lackluster results, cancer vaccine research is …

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cancer

Half of orphan drug sales to come from cancer, Evaluate finds

Oncology already sits as the top-selling therapeutic area on the orphan drug market, but a new report predicts it to account for even more — …

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Agendia

Agendia, Angsana partner for cancer treatment in Southeast Asia

Partnership will enable women in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Myanmar to access the benefits of MammaPrint® and BluePrint® to personalize treatment management decisions for …

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biomarkers

HKBU team develops metal-based probes for detecting cancer biomarkers

The discovery has enhanced the understanding of dopamine receptors in carcinogenesis A team at Hong Kong Baptist University has developed the world’s first iridium (III)-based …

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